Terms Used In Montana Code > Title 37 > Chapter 15 > Part 1 - General

• Audiologist: means a person who practices audiology and who meets the qualifications set forth in this chapter. See Montana Code 37-15-102
• Audiology assistant: means any person meeting the minimum requirements established by the board of speech-language pathologists and audiologists who works directly under the supervision of a licensed audiologist. See Montana Code 37-15-102
• Board: means the board of speech-language pathologists and audiologists provided for in 2-15-1739. See Montana Code 37-15-102
• Department: means the department of labor and industry provided for in Title 2, chapter 15, part 17. See Montana Code 37-15-102
• Facilitator: means a trained individual who is physically present with the patient and facilitates telehealth at the direction of an audiologist or speech-language pathologist. See Montana Code 37-15-102
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Patient: means a consumer of services from an audiologist, a speech-language pathologist, a speech-language pathology assistant, or an audiology assistant, including a consumer of those services provided through telehealth. See Montana Code 37-15-102
• Person: includes a corporation or other entity as well as a natural person. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• Speech-language pathologist: means a person who practices speech-language pathology and who meets the qualifications set forth in this chapter. See Montana Code 37-15-102
• Speech-language pathology assistant: means a person meeting the minimum requirements established by the board who works directly under the supervision of a licensed speech-language pathologist. See Montana Code 37-15-102
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
• Telehealth: has the meaning provided in 37-2-305. See Montana Code 37-15-102